What We Do

The Studio 4 is a leading creative marketing agency based in Telford, Shropshire. We specialise in Web development, graphic design, search engine optimisation, social media, PR, media planning and much, much more. We work for a multitude of local, national and international clients offering marketing support and expertise that is designed to support the way they communicate their brand and product offer via today's growing multimedia society.

Create

A strong brand identity is what defines a company and helps to position it in its marketplace. Creating that identity can be enhanced with strong visual creativity that starts with the company logo, and feeds through to all of their marketing activity. Stationery, livery, brochures, direct mail, press releases, social media, advertising and most important of all your website. Every aspect of your marketing message needs to reflect your brand image and that's where our experienced graphic design team come into their own.

Develop

In developing your company's brand and product offer you need to market your business across a wide range of media platforms. Creating an effective web strategy for your business is key to this development. Your website needs visual impact coupled with the latest functionality to operate successfully across desktop, tablet, mobile and app devices. Whatever your requirement our web developers will ensure that your target audience receive an unrivalled experience when they visit your company's website.

Grow

Growing a brand takes time. Whether you manufacture products and systems, supply or do both, creating awareness of your product offer is essential.Positive marketing activity is a proven method of how a business can successfully grow it's brand and product offer. Our in house team, have years of experience in helping business with their PR, print and online advertisement, social media, direct mail and video campaigns.Whether your looking for a complete campaign or just help with one of the above, we will help you every step of the way.

Engage

The key to keeping your clients and potential customers up to speed with how your business is developing, is to keep them engaged. Strategic engagement should be a cornerstone of any marketing activity and we believe our team has the knowledge and expertise to help you build that important relationship via social media, direct mail, newsletter, e bulletin, and of course PR.

Analyse

One of the most important aspects of marketing is being able to analyse how your marketing activity has performed. The advent of digital media, website and social media has brought with it a host of analytical tools that can provide a wealth of data. Our analysis and understanding of this data and the subsequent recommendations that we make with you are a key determinate on how any marketing activity you perform with us develops.

Connect

At the Studio 4 we are immensely proud of the work we produce on behalf of our clients. The websites we produce and manage, the PR we write, the creative designs we develop and the digital and social media campaigns that we fulfil are a shop window for our business. Helping our clients connect with their audience is what we do. It is a major reason why so many of them remain with us year after year.

PR Team

Contact Matt

Introducing...

Matt Curbishley

Studio Director.

Background: After an interest in Art & Design from an early age, Matt graduated from Staffordshire University in 2001 with a degree in electronic graphics. He has a passion for creativity and has spent the last seventeen years in the industry perfecting his skills, ten of which have seen him as team leader. Matt has masterminded many successful and some award winning creative campaigns over the years. His strengths lie in developing an idea or concept over a range of mediums ensuring that the brand identity maintained throughout the campaign. Over the last eight years Matt's primary goal has been to build a successful marketing company with an eclectic array of talents, his current team have a diverse range of skills which re-assures each and every client that they are working with some of the best local designers, website developers and marketeers in the industry.

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Introducing...

Jonny Stiles

Account Director.

Background: Having spent the majority of his career with The Studio 4 Jonny has developed skills in Design, Artwork, SEO and Media Planning and has masterminded many of recent client projects.

Key Skills: Jonny is the key account manager for many of The Studio's Local, National and International clients. His pro-active approach has seen the Studio 4 gain several new accounts because of his forthright attitude and industry knowledge.

Interests: Keeping fit and healthy, a keen Rugby player currently playing Second Row for Newport Salop RUFC. A supporter of Leicester Tigers and Blackburn Rovers, Playing Golf and beating the family at card games.

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Introducing...

Peter Plant

Online Manager.

Background: After having an interest in the web from an early age, Peter graduated from Staffordshire University with a degree in Web Development. Since achieving his degree he has worked for companies such as the NHS but is now a valued member of TheStudio4. Peter has worked closely with many of our clients to develop bespoke CMS systems, eCommerce and corporate sites.

Key Skills: With over 11 years experience, Peter has a wide range of programming skills that he brings to TheStudio4 along with a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the web and web technologies. His key skills include PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and many many more. Pete also has an in-depth knowledge of Google Adwords and manages many clients Adword accounts.

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Introducing...

Natalie Stiles

PR Account Manager.

Background: Having always had an interest in Art & Design from a young age, Natalie carried this through Shrewsbury Sixth Form. Upon finishing she went straight into the publishing business and has six years experience editing & designing magazines. Natalie also controls our clients PR accounts and maintains the companies accounts along with streamlining our companies workflow. She is also broadening her qualifications by studying an AAT course, completing Level 2 and currently working on Level 3.

Key Skills: Natalie prides herself on being organised and thorough at whatever task she is given. She always like to help out where she can and has good attention to detail.

Interests: Going to the gym, swimming, cooking, animals (especially her 2 cats!), redecorating her house, music and spending time with her girls.

Favourite TV Show: The Following, Mr Selfridge

Favourite Place: New Zealand or Portugal

Favourite Films: Grease and PS I Love You

Most Inspiring Person: David Attenborough

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Introducing...

Gemma Edwards

Digital Account Manager.

Background: Gemma's background lies predominately in design. She completed a degree in Graphic Design at Staffordshire University and joined The Studio 4 after a successful work placement in the summer of 2010. Gemma has been recognised for her creative ability in various design competitions including winning gold at the 2011 Roses Advertising Awards. Whilst at The Studio Gemma has expanded her skill set to include an in-depth knowledge of SEO and Social Media management. Coupled with her design skills she is able to look at websites from both a technical and aesthetic perspective ensuring they achieve clients goals.

Key Skills: Gemma manages the SEO and Social Media campaigns for our clients and has been a key member in making these a success. She also works along side Matt in delivering creative and well-designed marketing materials including websites, brochures and corporate identity.

Interests: Photography

Favourite TV Show: The Musketeers, Brooklyn Nine Nine

Favourite Place: At home with my son

Favourite Films: Get him to the Greek

Most Inspiring Person: Steve Jobs

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Introducing...

Mitchell Stanley

Senior Web Developer.

Background: From secondary school Mitch took a keen interest in programming. Starting with Flash, HTML and PHP Mitch went on to college to do a HND in Computer Science. He spends a significant amount of time working on Open Source projects as well as learning new languages, libraries, frameworks, and applications. These tools often help increase productivity in client websites, and keeps the team up to date new tools.

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Introducing...

Kat Jones

Senior Graphic Designer.

Background: Having always been interested in creative subjects, Kat chose to study Graphic design at A Level and then continued on to complete a Bachelors degree from the University of Bolton in 2013. She then found a job at The Studio 4 after graduating where she now holds the position of Senior Designer. Her main roles include sending and overseeing the design and printing of several monthly magazines and working with Matt on design jobs for clients.

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Introducing...

Mike Adams

Web Developer.

Background: Took an interest in programming while at school.
Mike went on to college then graduate Wolverhampton University in Web Development.
Since then, has been Working as a web developer for the last 6 years.
Enjoys learning new technologies, playing games and has an interest in motorcycles,
going for ride outs whenever possible.

Key Skills: PHP, Frameworks, SQL, HTML5, CSS3

Interests: Gaming, Motorcycles, Programming

Favourite TV Show: Dont really watch TV

Favourite Place: Home

Favourite Films: Troy, Jurassic Park

Most Inspiring Person: Steve Wozniak

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Introducing...

Justin Preece

Web Developer.

Background: Originally from cornwall, with a BTEC National Diploma in IT.

Key Skills: With more then 10 years in developing the web now has a wide variety of other skills apart from coding. Including 3D modeling to sound design. With a focus on front end web development and technologies such as: Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3.

Interests: Developing Games and Music.

Favourite TV Show: Breaking Bad

Favourite Place: Cornwall

Favourite Films: Fight Club

Most Inspiring Person: Gabe Newall

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Introducing...

Tom Trimmer

Digital Marketing Manager.

Background: Tom started his education in marketing at Shrewsbury Sixth Form College studying business studies at A level and soon after found himself working for a top online marketing agency in Manchesters Northern Quarter.

Here he specialised his vocational and educational efforts in search engine optimisation and social media. After completing his L3 apprenticeship in the Advanced principles of Marketing he found himself back in Shropshire working in various sales and marketing roles but always stated that a move back to big agency work was his primary aim.

Tom has been with us at The Studio for over a year now and his integrated approach to online marketing has helped a vast amount of businesses achieve greater exposure, both through search engines and other online platforms.

Key Skills: Data Analysis, Customer/Account Management

Interests: Football, Golf, making music and cooking

Favourite TV Show: Its Always Sunny or South Park

Favourite Place: The Alps

Favourite Films: Goodfellas, The Departed, The Big Lebowski

Most Inspiring Person: Nelson Mandela

Contact Gemma

Introducing...

Gemma Beech

PR Account Manager.

Background: Having previously worked within the hospitality and events industry over the last 15 years, Gemma had the pleasure in working with a number of highly regarded companies such as Malmaison Hotels, British Gymnastics and English Institute of Sport.
Gemma built upon her existing qualifications and returned to University to get her Masters in Managing PR for Events and Venues. Upon completion of her degree, Gemma took on a role with a local NCT branch as social media coordinator.Gemma is strongly focussed on teamwork and communication in order to meet goals, deadlines and build relationships with clients.

Key Skills: Organisation, PR Management

Interests: Exploring new places, music festivals, hinching and spending time with family & friends

Contact Laura

Introducing...

Laura Sutton

Graphic Designer.

Background: Having a strong passion for design since an early age, Laura studied Furniture and Product Design at Nottingham Trent University. She then went on to gain experience working for companies covering graphic, packaging, branding, web and print design.

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Introducing...

Lucy Baker

SEO and Social Media Analyst.

Background: After finishing school with her GCSEs, Lucy studied at Shrewsbury Sixth Form College where she found her passion for digital marketing through Business A-level. Lucy has joined The Studio 4 as an SEO and Social media Analyst Apprentice where she is working towards her qualification in Digital Marketing. Lucy is learning along side her colleagues who took the same path as her, and hopes to continue her journey in Digital Marketing.

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Introducing...

Charlee Louise Minta

SEO and Social Media Analyst.

Background: After obtaining 'A' levels in Maths, Art and Textiles, Charlee went to Lincoln University to study a year of Architecture & design before discovering her passion for digital marketing. Charlee has recently joined us at The Studio as an SEO and Social Media Analyst Apprentice. Charlee's strongest skills are focused around writing and organisation, in addition to her creative flair.

Key Skills: Art & Design, Organisation, writing.

Interests: Reading, cooking, blogging, interior design.

Favourite TV Show: Sherlock, A League of Their Own.

Favourite Place: Rome Italy.

Favourite Films: The Nice Guys, Dunkirk, About Time.

Most Inspiring Person: My Dad.

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Introducing...

Anthony Gordon

Web Developer.

Background: Anthony is a Web/App developer who specialises in IOS Mobile development.

Key Skills: During his 4 years experience Anthony has developed his skills in PHP, Laravel, Kinux, apache, cakePHP, Vue.js and Wordpress. Anthony prides himself on ensuring the websites he builds work seamlessly on all platforms.

Interests: Travelling, reading, fitness

Favourite TV Show: Black Mirror

Favourite Place: Miami, Florida

Favourite Films: Batman - The Dark Knight

Most Inspiring Person: Kid Cudi

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Introducing...

Jack Gilbert

Junior Web Developer.

Background: Jack took an interest in coding at school, alongside other things such as photography and a bit of design. Jack is currently completing a web development apprenticeship at The Studio 4 where he is putting his self taught skills into practice.

Key Skills: Self-taught HTML and CSS while currently delving into PHP and frameworks.

Interests: Programming, skateboarding, photography

Favourite TV Show: Regular Show, Adventure Time

Favourite Place: Home

Favourite Films: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz

Most Inspiring Person: Nick Frost

Ethos

Our team is a diverse and professional range of graphic designers, web developers and media specialists on hand to help you. We combine creativity with cutting edge technology to produce stunning and functional marketing materials.

Our design studio is equipped with the latest technologies and software but we believe that these are just tools to enable us to produce a superior finished product. True creativity is a combination of inspiration and the genuine understanding of a client’s product and requirements.

As technology moves forward so do we. The Studio 4 team embraces all new developments, combining our knowledge with a traditional work ethic where the client comes first to produce up-to-date and effective marketing materials.

This approach to developing good relationships also transfers to our own working environment, we are a close knit team of professionals and specialists who share the same studio space. Strong teamwork is central to every project we take on, so that when you have an integrated marketing strategy that stretches across all activities, your brand values, core messages, image and philosophy are all portrayed in the right way.

Testimonials

Who better to tell you about us than our clients

We have used The Studio 4 for 8 years now and they consistently provide responsive marketing service across all mediums, very easy to work with and with excellent print prices, a fantastic all round service. We have no hesitation in recommending them.